Where does Brian Bispala work?

Brian Bispala is Founder of Aftercode and Investor at Great North Ventures.

What check size does Brian Bispala write?

Brian Bispala typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

What companies did Brian Bispala found?

Brian Bispala founded Aftercode.

Where did Brian Bispala go to school?

Brian Bispala studied at University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Minnesota Duluth (Mechanical Engineering); Hibbing High School.

Brian Bispala

InvestorFounder

Investor at Great North Ventures

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

FoundedAftercode

Find your path to Brian

142 people in our graph share verified history with Brian — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dean HlushkounlockedBrian: together at University of Minnesota (1993)

×6Brian: together at Accenture

×2Brian: together at University of Minnesota

×2Brian: together at Fooda

Experience

Ironlake PartnersPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Glynn 100Member and Partnercurrent2022 — present
Rice Park CapitalAdvisor, Investorcurrent2019 — present
Great North VenturesAdvisor, Investorcurrent2018 — present
FoodaHead of Technology, Foodsby2024 — 2025
FoodsbyCTO2023 — 2024Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
FoodsbyBoard Member, Investor2015 — 2024
ColaboratoryCo-Founder & CTO2021 — 2023Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
RamblCo-Founder & President2017 — 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Code42Co-Founder2001 — 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
CrashPlanCo-Founder2001 — 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
WebhelpSenior Software Developer1999 — 2002Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Integral PartnersSoftware Developer1998 — 1999Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
AccentureConsultant1996 — 1998Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Skills & more

Cloud Computing42Sales Process3Leadership50SaaS40Entrepreneurship18Product Development2Web Development11Start-ups17Strategic Partnerships15Software Development22Agile Methodologies14Enterprise Software30

+12 more

Business DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentSalesLinuxOperations ManagementIntegrityMobile ApplicationsEnterprise ArchitectureProduct ManagementIntegrationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Management

Investment Foundations® Certificate — CFA Institute

From Brian's professional profile.

Colleagues at Great North Ventures

Art Rosenberg

Investor at Great North Ventures

Brad Lehrman

Investor at Great North Ventures

Graeme Thickins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Grant Gibson

Senior Associate at Great North Ventures

Jeffrey Robbins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Jonathan Ozeran

Advisor at Good Growth Capital

Joseph Daher

Senior Associate at Great North Ventures

Matt

General Partner at Praxis Ventures Management, Llc

Network5

Graeme Thickins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Matt

General Partner at Praxis Ventures Management, Llc

Michael Schulte

Principal at Great North Ventures

Pradip Madan

Managing Partner at Great North Ventures

Robert Weber

Founder/Managing Partner at Great North Ventures

Investors connected to Brian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Bispala?: Investor at Great North Ventures
Where does Brian Bispala work?: Brian Bispala is Founder of Aftercode and Investor at Great North Ventures.
What check size does Brian Bispala write?: Brian Bispala typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What companies did Brian Bispala found?: Brian Bispala founded Aftercode.
Where did Brian Bispala go to school?: Brian Bispala studied at University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Minnesota Duluth (Mechanical Engineering); Hibbing High School.

Founder mafias

University of Minnesota Duluth mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Robert EthierBachelor of Business Administration - BBAFounded Impact Science Ventures Kristen DenzerMAFounded Tierra Encantada Kyle KingsleyBachelor of Science - BSFounded Vireo Growth Jacob BalmaBachelor’s DegreeFounded Maxwell Labs Melissa DanielsenBachelor of ArtsFounded Joshin Melanie FountaineBachelor of Science - BSFounded Joshin

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Fooda mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

BEN CATTOORHead of FoodsbyFounded Foodsby

Great North Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

MattInvestorFounded Xometry

Hibbing High School mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tony JacobsonFounded Social Indoor

Same school

Also attended University of Minnesota224

Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital Partners Nate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture Partners Isaac ZikeManaging Director at RiverVest Venture Partners Dean HlushkoSales Manager (Western U.S.) at Needham Funds Richard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners John BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VC

+ 218 more

Also attended University of Minnesota Duluth15

Peyton GreenVice President of Investments at Traction Capital Eskender AbebeProduct Research Partner at Archetype Rigo da SilvaLead DataOps Engineer at Camber Partners Erik BladhCEO at Qalora Capital Amit SinghalManaging Partner at SmartStart Fund Angela WoodChief Financial Officer at North Sky

+ 9 more

Also attended Hibbing High School1

Tony JacobsonFounder & CEO at Social Indoor

Shared employers

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Experience

Skills & more

Colleagues at Great North Ventures

Network5

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

University of Minnesota Duluth mafia8

Fooda mafia2

Great North Ventures mafia2

Hibbing High School mafia2

Same school

Also attended University of Minnesota224

Also attended University of Minnesota Duluth15

Also attended Hibbing High School1

Shared employers

Also worked at Fooda5

Also worked at Code425

Also worked at Webhelp5

Also worked at Accenture1,072